Samstag, 17. Februar 2018

Dear
friends,

She
proposed to knit me a (most lovely) hat with sheep and an alpaca and
I could crochet her anything in return. I'll show you some
pictures as soon as I've got the hat, but you might have a look at
Christina's facebook or Instagram account to get a glimpse of the
hat.

Luckily
Christina mentioned she likes sunflowers. Early autumn 2016 I had
posted a free pattern of small sunflowers in my blog.

Samstag, 12. August 2017

Dear
friends,

I
woke up this morning facing foggy, dull and dreary weather, rain, a
packed grey sky and 11°C. If today were the end of September, early
October even, I'd sigh and say: „Well then, autumn has come...“
BUT!!! It is the 12th of August! We're supposed to be in
the middle of summer still! And we are living in Germany – the
North Pole isn't anywhere near! ARGH!!!!

Lucky
me I made some pictures of the garden while the weather was still
nicer...

The
rain pipe is now completely covered and the second one too

Couldn't
stop me from making a "few" more flowers

Moneypenny
likes the mandala/dreamcatcher too

The
ladybirds inhabit the lamppost

And
here are the latest additions

Would
be great if the weather was fine enough to actually enjoy the
garden... I'll keep in touch!

Montag, 17. Juli 2017

Dear
friends,

I
simply cannot help it. There are so many non-crochet things on my
plate lately I hardly get on with my plans and ideas. At least one
project got started. I intended not to show you but glimpses (on
facebook and instagram) but to wait till all is done will probably
take ages...

We
finally have got our front garden back to ourselves. Until recently
it looked like this:

But
now it finally starts looking like a garden again. True the lawn, the
flowers and the perennials will take a while to recover, but it's a
huge improvement to this time last month!

Isn't
this a great opportunity to integrate some crochet into the garden. I
hadn't so far and the hubby didn't mind really (as long as I do not
exaggerate things – ME!!!???Never!!!)

And
that's what I've come up with so far...

One
hardly notices anything, so: what shall I do next...? I'll keep in touch!

Dienstag, 13. Juni 2017

Dear
friends,

you've
probably already seen many gorgeous pincushions on the internet.
Maybe you've even got one of those beauties yourself. So have I (not
a very pretty one though). But I've always been a little unhappy with
it as the needles tend to poke through. Ouch!

Remember
the lanterns I made out of the jars of chocolate-spread? That left me
with the lids (couldn't just throw them away, could I?). And then I
came up with the following idea: pincushions!

You'll
need:

lid

crochet
hood (leave long tail of yarn)

some
fabric

volume
fleece / batting

fiberfill

glue

double-sided
adhesive tape

yarn
needle

scissors

Step
1:

Cut
volume fleece in circles, one just a little smaller and one just a
little larger as lid.

Step
2:

Glue
smaller circle on the lid

Step
3:

Cut
adhesive tape in stripes and stick these on inside of the lid as
shown in the pictures.

Step
4:

Place
larger fleece circle in middle of the fabric, put the lid on top and
fold fabric inwards, pressing it firmly onto the adhesive tape.

Step
5:

Stuff
crochet hood generously with fiberfill. Sew long tail of yarn
criss-cross over fiberfill to keep it in place.

Step
6:

Put
glue generously inside the lid (see pictures).

Step
7:

Press
hood into the lid and resume the pressure till the glue has hardened.

HA!
No sharp needle will push through this pincushion!

I'll
keep in touch!

P.S.:
Probably last post before we're off to Scotland. So I may be absent
for a while, unless you follow me on facebook or Instagram...

Dienstag, 28. März 2017

Dear
friends,

right
at the moment I'm kind of still coming to terms with life. Last
Monday, on the 20th of March, my granddad died. He was 101
years old.

My
mum told me right away but it only became real when we attended the
funeral on Friday, when we said goodbye for the very last time. Grief
and sadness caught up with me the moment I had that very last glance
on his kind face. Life won't be the same without him...

My granddad on his 100th birthday

Sounds
a bit surreal, but on Friday I actually won an admission ticket to
the h+h cologne for the 31st of March. Not only did I win
a ticket I can also attend the bunting workshop of Saskia Laan!

If
you'd also be wandering around at this “International Trade Fair
for Creative Handicraft + Hobby Supplies”, maybe we could meet?

Given
all what happened last week, I hope you can understand I didn't do
much crochet. This sunbeam did jump off my hooks though...

Samstag, 4. Februar 2017

Dear
friends,

welcome
to our second gathering of the Granny-Spiration Challenge 2017!

If
you'd like to take part too, follow this link!The February link up will open on the 4th at 12pm EST, and run through 11:55am on Thursday, February 16th. The
giveaway will be two skeins of Yarn Bee's Andres Alpaca Yarn in the
Foxglove colorway.

Samstag, 7. Januar 2017

Dear
friends,

Actually
I skipped my first project and started with project N°2 as I was
sure N°1 would never haven been ready in time. Nonetheless this
project was only finished at the utterly last minute, approximately
12 a.m. (CET) – and I still had to take some pictures, draw the
charts and write this post (as well as the instructions)!

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English:My name is Marjan. I was born in Belgium in 1970. I moved to Germany in the early nineties for love's sake. Even though I got fairly disappointed some years later I never considered returning home as my children were born here in Germany. Fortunately I never did, since I never would have met my wonderful second husband. Read more here.